ALA Youth Media Awards 2013

There are a host of book awards that are given out by the ALA every year, but I am only posting three categories on my blog. Why? Partially to help them get more web traffic on their own website [http://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/youthmediaawards/alayouthmediaawards] and partially to make things easier on myself… but mostly because the three that I am posting are the three that I was most curious to hear about this year. I certainly appreciate that all of the awards are important, but I am posting about the William C. Morris YA Debut Award (which honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature), the Odyssey Award (for excellence in audiobook production), and the Michael L. Printz Award (for excellence in literature written for young adults). Makes sense based on what I review, right?

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2013 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Winner

Seraphina

by Rachel Hartman

2013 Odyssey Award Winner

The Fault in Our Stars

by John Green, read by Kate Rudd

2013 Michael L. Printz Award

In Darkness

by Nick Lake

2013 Michael L. Printz Honor Books

Aristotle & DanteDiscover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz